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Question 241. How often do you read the newspaper - every day, a few times a week, once a week, less than once a week, or never?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | a few times a week | every day | less than once a week | never | no answer | once a week | iap | skipped on web | don't know | Total |
| 1972 | 241 | 1105 | 69 | 68 | 2 | 128 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 235 | 981 | 81 | 65 | 2 | 126 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 254 | 952 | 100 | 73 | 3 | 148 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 308 | 874 | 113 | 79 | 4 | 154 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 425 | 961 | 138 | 112 | 6 | 218 | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 331 | 891 | 127 | 80 | - | 170 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 324 | 807 | 116 | 87 | 4 | 196 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 289 | 789 | 116 | 90 | 2 | 184 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 391 | 949 | 130 | 110 | 8 | 231 | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 235 | 500 | 87 | 48 | - | 118 | 493 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 248 | 502 | 76 | 49 | 1 | 130 | 531 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 205 | 488 | 89 | 45 | 1 | 100 | 444 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 220 | 525 | 87 | 51 | 2 | 139 | 493 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 282 | 497 | 96 | 64 | 5 | 136 | 526 | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 452 | 969 | 196 | 76 | - | 261 | 1038 | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 476 | 825 | 225 | 120 | 3 | 311 | 944 | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 420 | 805 | 202 | 149 | 1 | 294 | 961 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 459 | 698 | 277 | 162 | - | 277 | 944 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 219 | 369 | 121 | 90 | - | 109 | 1857 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 222 | 358 | 121 | 71 | - | 134 | 1906 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 611 | 945 | 404 | 350 | - | 418 | 1782 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 300 | 431 | 200 | 191 | - | 207 | 694 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 277 | 449 | 220 | 269 | - | 215 | 614 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 230 | 353 | 217 | 306 | 1 | 195 | 672 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 260 | 417 | 271 | 481 | - | 246 | 863 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 270 | 398 | 300 | 688 | 2 | 229 | 980 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 174 | 312 | 211 | 678 | - | 184 | 789 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 361 | 642 | 452 | 1001 | - | 240 | 1329 | 7 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 267 | 383 | 329 | 1191 | 1 | 195 | 1168 | 6 | 4 | 3544 |
| Total | 8986 | 19175 | 5171 | 6844 | 48 | 5693 | 26456 | 13 | 4 | 72390 |
1 every day
2 a few times a week
3 once a week
4 less than once a week
5 never
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook